This election reminds some of the 1980 race, when voters were clearly looking for a reason to vote the incumbent party out of the White House. Even so, Jimmy Carter kept even with Ronald Reagan well into October by painting him as risky and out of the mainstream. Then, in the home stretch, Reagan finally convinced voters he was sensible and trustworthy, and wound up winning by double digits.
Regan was very much a known commodity through his TV and movie roles, plus he had his record as Governor of California to run on. Hussein has none of that, and in fact, the more people get to know him... see the primaries...the worse he does.
The question will be can McCain paint Hussein with the brush of truth, or will he pay attention to all the charges of racism that will be thrown his way,
Politics is a blood sport.
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